Dead to Sin and Alive in Christ

YES great question. Your emotions are not to be trusted, they can be deceptive. You need godly close friends to not only hold you accountable but to call you out when you are throwing a pity party or wallowing in guilt. If you don’t have a close best friend, you need to work on that. Not on this forum, a face to face person. I can reply with biblical references on the don’t trust your emotions later.

 

These events also remind me of just how hopeless and flawed the human heart is apart from the salvation and redemption through faith in Christ Jesus alone.

 

Ok I’ll have to get into my journals and find some stuff for you. You May have to remind me.

 

Sounds like you have a good understanding on feelings. The way of the world is act on sight and feelings. Do what feels good, PMO.
Below are notes from sermons
The enemy is masterful at getting us to interpret our “status” by our current feelings and circumstances. This is how the world interprets feelings and circumstances. Our status has nothing to do with circumstances and feelings.

You must learn to manage your feelings, do not let them control you.
· Recognize Good vs Bad
· Name them
· Own up to them
· Express them correctly
· Do not stuff them Learn to express them correctly

Change begins in the mind. Change the way you think and you change the way you feel. Change the way you feel and you have changed your attitude, then actions follow. We must think about our behavior and our feelings. Ask what am I feeling and believing? Is this in line with the way a Christ follower should think or feel?

 

More Notes from Sermons
The peace that passes understanding is our awareness of Gods presence in our life regardless of circumstances or feelings.

Negative feelings can reveal bad thinking that is causing the negative feelings like anxiety, fear, unbelief dissatisfaction, and ingratitude.

A wise person considers his feelings in the context of the situation. Sit back and reflect on why you are feeling a certain way? It could be you are getting all worked up over nothing.

Your feelings are caused by what you tell yourself about what's happening. This can relate to PMO. We can create negative emotions after a relapse and it keeps us down and vulnerable to do it again and again.
The solution is to remember the Lord and his promises. Ask Him to help put your feelings into perspective.

Nothing concrete from the word about feelings. They are unreliable at best and should not be the basis for any decision making. They should be expressed however, it is dangerous to just stuff them.

 

Brothers please pray for me. I keep relapsing.

 

“if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.”
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

God seems to be emphasizing this core principal in my life. In the Midst of some recent relapses after years of no PMO HE is still faithful. Just because I relapsed does not mean I have to quit serving. I noticed this because there is still fruit from my serving despite my relapse. So don’t get discouraged and don’t think you can’t be used by God for service because you sinned. He will even redeem the sin by helping you encourage someone else in your same situation. Hold on to Gods promises.

 

I relapsed yesterday.

 

PMO is definitely a joy killer. I was several months clean enjoying the fruits of the spirit. Now It will take time to restore what one day of PMO has done.